III. Fill in each underlined space with a proper expression.(20%)
31. Language is vocal, which means that speech is the ___________________of language.
32. Each language represents a unique system of meaning in ___________________ ways.
33. “2006年8月12日下午3点”can be translated into___________________.
34. John Bull is ___________________ personified.
35. It has been claimed that English texts develop in a ___________________ fashion, while Chinese ones develop in a spiral way.
36. A national language may have several regional___________________.
37. Though Chinese speakers tend to say “犟牛”to mean stubborn, English speakers would say “as stubborn as a___________________”in similar situations.
38. The English expression equivalent to “敝校” is___________________.
39. If a person stretches out his forefinger and the middle finger apart, he means______________.
40 The English idiom equivalent to“鹤立鸡群”or“羊群里的骆驼”is“___________________”.
IV. Answer the following questions briefly. (12%)
41 What is the English equivalent for “挂钟”?
42. What are the four types of common English names?
43. What does a white slave refer to?
44. What is the typical text structure of letters of request in English? And how does it differ from
that of Chinese letters?
V. Translation. (18%)
45．不动声色
46．久仰大名
47. My hands are as cold as ice．
48. Wine and judgment matures with age.
49. The Chinese people prefer the order in which the modifier appears before the head because they are indirect. For the same reason, the subordinate clause precedes the main clause in Chinese.来自www.Examw.com
50. In China when people visit a friend and have dinner with his or her family, the host or hostess
often says, “These are the best dishes we can supply. Please feel at home and help yourselves”.
Vl. Discuss the following topics. (20%)
51. What cross-cultural contrasts can you find between English and Chinese telephone calls?
52. “Plain looking”, “heavy”, “slender”, “physically handicapped”, and “hard of hearing” are some commonly used euphemisms. How do we use those euphemisms related to human appearance?
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